Improvement in churns



'uiwl (Stabat @am einem Leners Patent No. 106,929, zaad Augustco, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

The Schedule referred to .in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, MosnsGAscoN, of Malvern, in the county of Carroll and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Goustruction'and Operation of Ohurns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aunexeld drawing making part of this specification, in whic Figure l is-a vertical section of the churn, and elevation of the flame andmechanism by which it is operated;`

Figure 2 is a. side elevation of the same; and

Figure 3 is a plan or iop View of the dasher, 'showing, with fig. 1v, its construction. h

My invention relates to that class of churns in which a reciprocating vertical motion is given to the dasher; and

Its nature consists in the means whereby the-cream is eifectually broken up and exposed to the action of the air, thereby speedily causing the' separation of butter, and Vin the constructionot' the frame and its auxiliaries, by which great stability is secured while operating, and facility to remove the churn or yits contents when its work shall be finished.

Y Inthe drawing- -A isa gallows-li'ame, rising from the platform B, in a direction inclining from the perpendicular, as seen in tig. 2, to some distance above the vertical frame C, also rising from the platform B.

The two frames Aand C are connected and strengthened by the braces a a.

The churn D is supported ciu-ed at its foot to the platform B, and constructed with a ratchet and stirrup, as shown in iig. 1, so that it can be adj usted to any sized churn that may be used, and be readily uushipped for the purpose of removing the churn or its contents.

The inclination of the gallows-fralne also facilitates access to the churn and its removal from the platform. r

The churu-dasher E is made convex on its top, and is constructed with diamond-shaped holes c c, made a little larger on the under sidethan on the top, and arou the plat-form B, and4 lis rigidly held in its position by means of a jack, b, se-

ranged so as to have their longer dagonals in radial lines from'the center.

These holes are so constructed in order that cream may be jetted through them as the dasher is moved up and down, and broken into streams and currents, to present as large a surface as possible, to be acted on by the air, which is being constantly renewed through the supply-pipe d in the cover of the churn, the action of the dasher being such asto force the air through the pipe d in opposite directions, in and out alternately. v

A dasher constructed in this peculiar form is easily operated, and its eifect upon the milk is such that the greatest quantity of but-ter possible is very rapidly separated from it.

The dasher-stai' e is cylindrical for that portion of vits length which moves through the churn-cover, and

is then .flattened to the top, that it may have lateral rigidity, and play freely through the guiding-groove in the cross-head of the gallows-frarne A.

Friction-rollers may be arranged in the groove of the gallows-frame A, to lessen the friction in the operation of the flasher-stad, if desired. y

A spur-gear, F, driven by hand or other power, gives motion to the pinion G on the same shaft with the fly-wheel H.

A connecting-rod or .pitman, I, from a crank-pin on one of the arms of the {1y-wheel, to au adjustable wrist, j, at' the upper end of the flasher-staff, is the means of communicating the motion of the ily-wheel to the dasher.

Having thus` fully described my improvedchurn, What I claim therein as new,` and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is,-. Y

The arrangement of the gallows-fi'ame A G, gears F and G, ily-wheel H, pitman L, wrist j, stai c, jack b, and dasher E, all constructed as herein shown and described. Y

The above specification signed by me this 4th day of June, 1870.

MOSES GASGON.

Witnesses:

J osHUA F. RoLLINs, CHARLES Hannon.- 

